Artificial intelligence is already making its way into hospitals, where doctors say it could be a game changer impacting everything from diagnostics to treatment to research.
In Dr. Allan Conway’s operating room, the day starts with a good old fashioned scrub, a classic ritual for a surgery that’s anything but traditional.
A leading vascular surgeon at Marin Health Medical Center , Conway is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to treat aneurysms, known as the silent killer.
“It’s exciting. It can analyze and help us identify exactly where the aneurysm is,” Conway said.
According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, every year, roughly 200,000 Americans are diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysms, which occur when a segment of the body’s largest blood vessel becomes enlarged. Left untreated, it could lead to internal bleeding and death.
On this particular morning, Conway was about to operate on 81-year-old Gary Sweeden, who was rushed to the operating rooms after doctors discovered he had two aneurysms.